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The Henry County High school cheerleading team won the Eighth Region all-girl, large team division at the Eighth Region Cheer competition at Anderson County Saturday. The squad will move on to the state competition at the All-Tech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington this Saturday. They will compete at 12:50 p.m.

Jessica Wilkerson’s class at New Castle Elementary has been holding a drive to send books to students in eastern Kentucky who are without, according to a news release. They have collected over 2,000 books.
Now the class will raise the funds needed to send those books to Eastern Kentucky schools through a Christmas Fun Run. The cost is $10 for ages 13 and up, and $7 for kids 12 and under.

On Tuesday, Nov. 22, Judge Diane Wheeler and Henry County Attorney Virginia Harrod took time out of their busy schedule to speak to Bethlehem Girl Scout Troop 207 about careers, the courts and being honest and fair as positive examples about the meaning and the code of the entire Girl Scouts, according to the leaders. After a question and answer session the girls honored the women with a thank you gift and special judicial cookies.

It may not have generated much publicity, but Kentucky’s economy hit a high-water mark in October, when our civilian labor force saw its biggest one-month gain in at least 40 years. It grew by almost 15,000 during those 31 days, putting us just shy of two million people who are either working or actively looking for a job.

Three Henry County Wildcat football players have been selected to play in area all-star games.
Cameron Paynter and Clay Wilson were selected to play for the Louisville Area East team in the East vs. West All-Star game in Louisville on Dec. 4th.
Trevyn Spencer has been selected to the Best of the Bluegrass Louisville All-Star game at St Xavier High School Dec. 11th.